Step two - Measuring length: You will need to measure the length of a horn from the horn base at the skull to the end tip of the horn. Be sure the measuring tape is held on the center (ridge) of the horn during the measurement. Make sure you have no slack at all in your measuring tape at any time. In rams with large curled horns it may be easier to take some type of cable

Step one - Secure your ram: When measuring a live ram the first thing you need to do is find a way to secure your ram so you can get an accurate measurement. Either place him in some type of head gate or have some handlers to help you hold him still. If a ram moves around a lot it is hard to get an accurate and true measurement.

Scoring and Measuring Two Horned Sheep

Step Three - Measuring Horn Base Circumference: This Circumference measurement is taken on the horn at the horn base at the hairline and is the measurement of the base of the horn. Be sure to push hair back and don't include this when taking this measurement.

Step Four - Measuring Middle Circumference: Now you need to refer back to your notes. To get this measurement you need to work on the horn that is the longest if they did not measure in length to be exactly the same length. Very few rams will have exact length measurements of each horn. Take the length measurement of the longest horn and divide that number in half. Example if your ram had a measurement of 28 2/8 inches in length of the longest horn 1/2 of that measurement will be 14 1/4 inches. You will use this 1/2 way measurement to get the Midway Circumference. Measure from the base of the horn to your midway circumference figure and mark area on each horn. Then take your measuring tape and measure the circumference around each horn at this point. Again take care that no slack is in tape. Tape can not be moved one way or another and must be measured exactly at this point. Make notes of measurements of each horn's mid way circumference.

Step Five - Tally your totals: Take your 2 totals of horn length, your two totals of Base Circumference and two totals of Midway Circumference and add them all together and you have your rams Score. Class Scoring and Names of each Class are listed below with pictures of Painted Desert Rams that have scored these totals to meet these classes. Accurate measurements are essential, take your time when measuring to get correct measurements.

Four horn Scoring and Measurements

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that will not stretch at all to get the measurement, mark the end points then measure the item you used to get that measurement. Or a sticky tape also can provide an accurate measurement and you can stick it on the horn exactly were it needs to be all the way down, then mark each end of the tape, remove it, and get measurements that way. Do not use any type of tape that will stretch such as electrical tape, use a ridge type of tape with no give to it so you can have accurate measurements. Once you have a measurement of the horn length make a note of this and then measure the other horn length and note that. Record measurements in 1/8 inch increments.

Place measuring tape at the hairline at the base of the horn and measure all away around the base at the hairline. Make notes of measurements of each Horn Base Circumference taken in 1/8 inch increments.

*Information from the Records of Exotics Scoring Manual.

*Information from the Records of Exotics Scoring Manual.

Step Two:Measuring lengthThe length of each horn is measured by placing the end of the tape were the horn meets the skull on the

Step one - Secure your ram: When measuring a live ram the first thing you need to do is find a way to secure your ram so you can get an accurate measurement. Either place him in some type of head gate or have some handlers to help you hold him still. If a ram moves around a lot it is hard to get an accurate and true measurement.

Three measurements are taken on each of the four horns of the Four Horn Sheep. If one or more horns are missing, measure only the remaining horns.

top side of the horn. The tape should be wrapped snug on the horn from the base to the tip with no slack. Record the lengths of each horn for both right and left horns, top and bottom horns.

Step Three: Measuring CircumferenceThe circumference at base measurement is taken around the horn on the hairline with the tape pulled snugly against

the horn. If two horns are grown together at the base, care should be taken to get as accurate a measurement as possible as if each horn were separate. Each measurement is recorded for both right and left, and top and bottom horns.

Step Four: Measuring Middle CircumferenceThe Mid-way circumference at 1/2 length measurements are taken at 1/2 of the length

of EACH horn (not the longest horn as with other sheep). For example, if the right horn is 12 2/8 inches long and the left is 14 0/8 inches long, then the right mid-horn circumference measurement is taken at 6 1/8 inches from the base and the left mid-horn circumference measurements taken at 7 0/8 inches from the base. Care should be exercised to insure that the tape forms a perfect circle around the horn and is snugly against it with no slack. It is not permissible to move the tape either way to take advantage of a larger measurement resulting from a ridge of the horn. Each measurement is entered on your records for both right and left horns on top and bottom.

Step Five - Tally your totals: Take your 4 totals of horn length, your 4 totals of Base Circumference and 4 totals of Midway Circumference and add them all together and you have your rams Score. Accurate measurements are essential, take your time when measuring to get correct measurements.

Each measurement is taken to the closest 1/8 inch using a 1/4 inch tape measure. In some cases, a small cable (such as a motorcycle clutch or brake cable) works well on curved or twisted measurements and the tape is used to measure from the cable. All measurements should be entered using the format of a whole number and a fraction expressed in eighths of an inch. Fractions of an inch are NOT reduced to quarters or halves and whole number measurements and should always be written followed with the "0/8" (for example: 16 1/8, 17 2/8, 23 0/8).